right choices in this car because even though we're trans. groups. and in the grass and i want. to tell. you. this is d. w. news asia coming up 12 years in prison for one of china's better known human rights advocates funk she ran a website documented cases of corruption what kind of impact will this latest sentence have on the work of other activists plus. the laser's number one as the fattest country in asia that is we take a closer look at its health epidemic and what's being done to combat obesity. and a creeping trend thailand is cashing in on demand for snails line skin care fanatics

are crazy for the stuff that's now more precious than gold. i'm melissa chan welcome to d.w. news asia thank you for joining us we start in china and a look at a man who once upon a time was in the good graces of the communist party but not anymore activist twang she has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for quote deliberately disclosing state secrets that's the crime the party usually uses to go after people like him for almost 2 decades wang's run a website documenting human rights abuses including the illegal confiscation of land from powerless farmers to the prosecution or rather persecution of religious groups early on his coverage of social problems. actually praised by the government

but space for criticism has narrowed over the years and he's found himself in and out of jail we have sophie richardson human china director of human rights watch to talk more about this so if he saw one she's been convicted of disclosing state secrets what did he actually do. you know it's a great question one of the many things that's gone wrong with the latest prosecution or persecution of paunchy are multiple procedural violations with respect to a fair trial and one of the particular problems with that it was never really me clear to on t.v. or his lawyers one of whom was disbarred the other one was dismissed what exactly he was being prosecuted for this time we think it pertains to your kids having posted a document from a local official saying that his web site and his work are meant to be terminated but we just don't really know why does the government considers someone like him

a threat. well you know it's ironic because you know in you know of a functional government or a democracy you know his work is the kind that most governments would embrace and as your senate suggested at one point the party actually did like his work because it was a useful way of gathering information you know about what people in particular locations were concerned about land confiscation corruption these kinds of issues but i think partly because he had assembled quite a large network of people across the country who would call to report certain kinds of problems or share information online that became an acceptable for me authorities perspective but this is precisely the problem with arbitrary rule that what was acceptable today is not acceptable tomorrow and tomorrow and you know the following week you want to actually being prosecuted and getting incredibly harsh sentence for an harsh sentence of 12 years is that more than normal.

well there is no normal anymore. i don't think there ever really was in a country where the judicial system is explicitly stated to serve political imperatives not to actually uphold a set of statutes in any sort of consistent way but it's certainly been the case under xi jinping so since about 2013 that the sentences that people now get for the same kinds of activism or conduct you know 10 or 15 years ago the sentence of their much harsher instead of getting you know 2 years or 4 years we're seeing people get 101114 years sentences really on baseless charges so it doesn't really sound like he's going to have an early release or anything like that a reprieve of any kind i think the only grounds for a reprieve might be that he is in very poor health he has kidney problems he has heart problems blood pressure problems and he has said that he was tortured in

detention and he goes to jail at a time when a series of very high profile activists have grown fatally ill and either died in detention or to time or die shortly after being released and you know one wants to hope that the chinese government is at least vaguely sensitive to the idea that it's going reputation that a prison sentence for an activist increasingly turns into a death sentence you know whether that prompts them to actually follow their own rules about things like medical parole remains to be seen and he certainly petitioned for that in the past when he's previously incarcerated and those requests were denied and you talked about xi jinping earlier how much tougher tougher has the climate been for activists like him. it's deteriorated significantly i think there's a brief window in which you know it seemed possible and this is actually want to use our own early prediction because she's government you know claiming to be

concerned about transparency and anti-corruption that many there would be some more room for activists but you know that that idea that right now the government's part just held absolutely no water whatsoever so if you richardson thank you thanks according to the world health organization malaysia is the fattest country in asia almost half of its population is overweight it has the 2nd highest child obesity rate in southeast asia and the numbers continue to rise the government has a national plan to tackle the crisis but a healthy lifestyle starts of course with the individual dave going to bomb has more. 6 started out as you 6 at this fitness clinic dozens of malaysians are put through the paces branch ran through it together pullups lives and lunges. so why is de hard to carry is 31 years old 175

centimeters tall and weighs 125 kilograms 25 less than when he joined this program 7 months ago. because. it does not. does not well. good job so this kind of thing makes me realize that. zakaria says he used to constantly eat fatty foods and he did not exercise regularly he says the problem started when he was a kid because self of the healthy unhealthy diet there was. we had you know a family so. when you have become obese and says that i have. my normal weight it's a situation that's all too common in malaysia where about 30 percent of youth it is

$1000.00 and under are overweight or obese and half of the adults are as this country has advanced economic leader in the past 2 decades more malaysians now office jobs and a lot fewer work to farm fields but their diets often have not changed much health advocates say children adults here we do exercise more eat less and have healthier food. many malaysians still eat a lot of rice fatty sauces and other high calorie foods but they're not burning it off the most overweight and obese in asia as well mohammad colleague the c.e.o. of the galen center for health and social policy says this problem is about much more than just how malaysians look as a result of the overweight obesity crisis that we see today. we see an increase in the incidence of non called such as diabetes hypertension cardiovascular disease chronic kidney disease and all of which result in there

being more and more people falling sick there are small steps underway the government is introducing a tax on sugary drinks with the money earmarked for an upcoming healthy breakfast program for primary school students and in recent years more and more fitness clinics like this have opened up across the country as part of a push to help malaysians get healthier. good is a carious says in addition to working out 3 times a week he's eating smaller portions and a lot less calories i have more energy i can i can do a lot of things so. i feel. positive about my life. and it makes me think. there's still a long road ahead but zakaria says the early progress. encourages him to keep pushing. through. turning now

to thailand where suppliers are racing to meet demand for snail slime yep you heard that right farmers used to consider them pests destroyers but not anymore the slimy things have become darlings of the cosmetics industry worth about 280000000 euros in the global the u.-t. market in the race to stay forever young snail slime appears to be a winner for some women. slow but steady snails are on the rise in beauty circles for their prized slime once heated pests they're now a sought after commodity in world thailand this teacher's snail business helps her pocket up to 600 euros a month. but. the villages sell snails to me before when they found snails destroying their crops they used to throw them on the road so they would be crushed by a passing car all they threw them into the river now they sell them to me. make

them. think that. it's the mucous she's after patiently milked by dripping water over the snails glands which encourages secretion. the raw slime then goes to eat an international it's the sole cosmetic company in thailand to package and sell the product and does so at a massive markup at $52000.00 euros per kilogram the powder form costs more than gold it's downer says a very diet makes for superior slime. poor folk and they ate everything even treats bark and mushroom shit their ability to eat a variety of things makes them strong and produces good qualities slime which can be used to protect against sunlight and even heal wounds. 8 employees. doctor to oversee purification she says the slime is rich and college

and the last in and useful for tightening skin and reducing wrinkles evidence to prove these claims is scarce but the company boasts of its new cars is a rejuvenated effects and it's process. going to kill it on a bit before using snail slime we have to purify the slime to free from contamination of various substances and bacteria which can cause diseases we use a particular filtration method with a membrane filter me. shock for that. animal rights activists say harvesting slime is cruel but others argue the snails are not harmed and their well being is crucial to the production that's keeping producers very busy trading food for the precious few. we may be with pictures from the lazy and the coronation of its new sultan thanks for watching see you next time and goodbye.

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